Revoluble-body chute-wagon.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

T. RAIS. RBVOLUBLE BODY GHUTB WAGON.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPTJB. 1905.

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REVOLUBLB BODY OHUTE WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19. 1905.

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REVOLUBLE-BODY CHUTE-WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratented June 12, 1906.

Application filed September 19,1905- Serial No. 279,196.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs Thus, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Revoluble-Body Chute-Wagon, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wheeled vehicles used in conveying and delivering miscellaneous granular commodities, and particularly to that class denominated as chute-wagons.

Its objects are, first, to provide such wagons of unusually simple construction; second, to provide means whereby the body may be raised, lowered, and retained at any desirable height by the manipulation of a single part; third, to provide means whereby the body may be rotated simultaneously with the raising or lowering by the same means and in either direction; fourth, to provide means for controlling the inclination of the body independently of the point where the load may be concentrated.

These and other minor objects are attained by the novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved wagon, showing the body partially raised and lateral with the truck. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the truck, showing the body at its highest point and turned at right angles to thetruck. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the wagon, drawn to an increased scale, showing the body resting on the truck in normal condition for receiving and conveying a load. Fig. 4 is a partial plan view of the elevating mechanism. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the same, taken on line a a of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a section showing the plate-locking mechanism, taken on line b b of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a section view showing the shaft-guide device, taken on line 0 c of Fig. 5.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Reference is had to the drawings, which represent a chute-wagon consisting of the body portion 1,seat 2,footboard 3, chute 4, door 5, and other appointments commonly incidental to like structures, the whole being mounted on a truck or running-gear consisting of the front wheels 6, rear wheels 7, axles 8 and 9, springs 10 and 11, fifth-wheel 12, and suitable connecting framework between the several parts, all of which may be made in any approved style and manner, the same not being part of my invention, but described for the purpose of clearly understanding my improvements, which consist of the attachments and connections to and between the said body and runnjnggear.

In suitable brackets supported by the upper part of the frame of the running-gear is journaled the shaft 13, having the crank 14 so disposed as to be readily operated. Also on this shaft is the pinion 15, meshing with the gear 16, revoluble on the stud 17, carried by the bracket 18, which is affixed usually on the left-hand side of the truck-frame.

Also revoluble on the stud 17 is the pinion 19, the same being rigidly connected with the gear 16 in such manner that both operate simultaneously. The latter pinion 19 is adapted to engage with a gear 20, rigidly mounted on a shaft 21, having bearings in the bracket 18 and also on the frame of the running-gear at each side thereof.

There is also provided a pawl-finger 22, which may be dropped at will into the space between any of the teeth in the gear 16, the purpose being to prevent the said gear from turning in a reverse direction when such movement is not desired.

On the shaft 21 between the bearings there of, but widely separated, are attached the ends of the hoisting-chains 23 and 23 in such manner that when the crank 14 is turned and revolution is imparted through the gear-train just described to the shaft 21 the chains will be caused to wind thereon, producing a powerful hoisting effect to whatever their lower end may be attached, which in this case is the foot-plate 24, through the medium of the adjustable eyebolts 25 and 25 Resting in a suitable bearing formed in the foot-plate 24 is the vertical shaft 26, adapted to sustain the entire load contained in the superstructure of body 1, to which the upper end of the shaft 26 is attached through the medium of the angular plate 27, the same being pivotally connected to the body at 28,

this point being forward of the center ofgravity of a normal load.

It sometimes occurs, however, that the load is unsymmetrically placed-as, for instance, it may be concentrated in the front part of the bodyin which case use is made of a locking device applied to the rear portion of the plate 27 which rests between the ears 29 and 29 rigidly attached to a cross- ICC beam 29 forming part of the body-frame. Within these ears is adapted to slide the locking-bolt 80 over the rear of the plate 27, effectually preventing the body from tipping forward by reason of the load being in front of the pivotal point 28.

The shaft 26 is firmly su ported and guided by the bracket 31, secure y connected to the cross-bar 32, which is rigidly attached to the frame of the running-gear.

In opposite sides of the round elevating shaft or stem 26 are formed grooves 26 and 26 starting near the plate 27, straight for a certain distance, curved below, so as to form a helical path one-quarter of the circumference, and again straight to the extreme lower end. Adapted to intersect with either of the said grooves and slidably held in the bracket 31 transversely of the running-gear is the double guide-finger 33, having the handle 34 and being so arranged that either end may enter the adjacent groove in the shaft 26, so that as the same be moved longitudinally it will cause it to revolve as the said guide-finger enters that part of the groove which is curved, acting as a key therein at all times.

Obviously the direction of the quarter-revolution attained will be governed by the guide finger or key and groove in engagement, and it is equally clear that the said turning motion is obtained at the time and by the operation of elevating the body.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a wagon, a body having a plate pivotally connected at one end thereof to the bottom of the said body and detachably connected at the other end, means for securing the detachable end of said plate to body, a post rigidly united, at an angle, to the said plate, a guide-bracket for said post affixed to the running-gear of Wagon, a plate suspended therefrom, on which the said post is pivotally supported, and means for suspending, raising or lowering the' said plate, all substantially as shown and described.

2. In a wagon, a body having a plate pivotally connected at one end thereof to the bottom of the said body and detachably connected at the other end, means for securing the detachable end of said plate to body, a post rigidly united, at an angle, to the said plate, a guide-bracket for said ost affixed to the running-gear of wagon, a p ate suspended therefrom, on which the said post is pivotally supported, chains carrying said plates, a shaft on which said chains may be wound and means for rotating said shaft, all substantially as shown and described.

3. In a wagon of the class described, the combination with a truck, and a box-body normally resting thereon, of a plate ivotally attached at a point in advance of t e center of said body, a post rigid with the said plate, at an angle thereto and perpendicular to the said truck, said post having oppositelydis posed sinuous grooves formed in its body, guide-finger adapted to enter said grooves from either side, means for operating said guide-fingers, a su porting-bracket for said post, a foot-plate t erefor and means for sustaining, elevating or lowering the same, all substantially as shown and described.

4. A wagon of the class described, having a suitable body portion, the plate 27, pivot 28, post 26 having the grooves 26, the guidefingers 33 adapted to operate therein and means for elevating said post, substantially as described.

5. In a wagon of the class described, having a suitable body portion and a truck therefor, a post pivota ly attached to the said body, means for securing the post rigidly to the said body, means for guiding the said post, means for supporting the said post and its superimposed load, combined with elevating means therefor, and means for revolving the post simultaneously with the act of elevation and in either direction, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS RAIS.

Witnesses:

LEON A. CANTER, ROBERT K. PERKINS. 

